Converse/Dazed with The Whitechapel about to emerge

The exhibition is up - and I think Freire Barnes did an incredible job on the install. For some glimpses of the show which is open until October 23 look here. I really support and admire all five artists in the shortlist (the winner will be announced tonight): Gabriele Beveridge, Ellie Harrison, Bruce Ingram, Sam Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski, Richard Parry (the latter whose image is above).

Syncopation open Oct 21, Grimmuseum Berlin

My exhibition in Berlin opens on Thursday - I'm doing a singing performance at 9pm. Jeremy Shaw (who's also in the show) is DJing at the after party. Honoured by the artists who agreed to be in the show.

SYNCOPATION
Curated by Francesca Gavin
Group exhibition with Cory Arcangel and Frankie Martin, Oliver Laric, Paolo Chiasera and DJ Shablo, Ajit Chauhan, Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski, Jayson Scott Musson, Jeremy Shaw, Matt Stokes and Mark Titchner

GRIMMUSEUM
Fichte Strasse 2 10967 Berlin
grimmuseum.com
21-31 October 2010
Open daily 14-19h

Private view Thursday 21 October 19h
Performance by Francesca Gavin 21h

+AfterParty
Bierhaus Urban from 23h
Urban Str 126 corner Graefe str
Djs Jeremy Shaw, Francesca Gavin

Short and Sweet

If you're around Wednesday 29 at 1pm Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski are putting on a performance (their first) for 12 minutes at Space.

'Normal Love' is an imagined cover of a found song, inspired by an unseen film. Layering live music and vocals on to previous sessions recorded at their studio and the Union Chapel in Islington, with visuals from their forthcoming film projected on to the performance.

Um I think I may be in the film and projections... dancing...

The piece is part of Charlie Woolley's Radio Show (which runs until Oct 16 to coincide with his solo show). Listen live here: http://radio.spacestudios.org.uk

Post Port E

See Dazed Digital for the run down of The Boathouse at Port E.

I did a show on the pirate radio station while I was there - Boat Sounds - a selection of music all about water, the sea, boats, river - you get the idea. Here's the playlist:

Let's Wade in the Water -Marlena Shaw
Jesus Gave Me Water - BB King
Beyond The Sea - Stevie Wonder
La Mer - Charles Trenet
Cry Me a River - Julie London
You Left The Water Running - Maurice + Mac
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - Lou Rawls
I Cover the Waterfront - Billie Holiday
Take Me To The River - Al Green
Wash my Hands in Muddy Water - The Spencer Davis Group
Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Purple Rain - Prince
Tom Cat - Muddy Waters

The Boathouse at Port Eliot

This is where I will be on the weekend... Port Eliot Festival

The Boathouse at Port Eliot Festival
Saturday July 25 2.00pm – 8.00pm
Sunday July 26 2.00pm – 10.00pm

THE BOATHOUSE is an art project space curated by artists Jennifer Lewandowski and Samuel Levack. Launched in 2007 at Port Eliot Festival, the riverside project space brings together a series of art events and performance projects. This year Lewandowski and Levack are looking at how the traditional structure and content of a festival can inspire ideas around time, space, music, public art and interactive performance.

The space launches on Saturday at 2:15pm with The Daylight Project by artist Tom Ellis, who relocates the flashes and bangs of a nocturnal firework display in broad daylight. The event closes on equally dynamic A Pair of Fires by Will Cruickshank at 7:15pm on Sunday. Throughout the weekend THE BOATHOUSE will stage One Minute Disco. On the hour every hour the first minute of Billy Idol’s Hot in the City will be blast outside the boathouse, condensing the vibe and experience of an old school rave into 60 seconds.

Artist Jennifer Lewandowski has created the interactive performance work Triptych. She has set up a traditional band line up of drums, guitar and vocals inside THE BOATHOUSE and is inviting groups of 3 to take to the intimate stage for short spells of time with only the river as their audience. The time limit fueling the urgency and intensity of their performance. X-Raydio is a sound installation by Eleanor Vonne Brown and Lucy Woodhouse featuring the ABC of Piracy and a crow’s nest listening post. Bring a radio!